The effect of health literacy, self-efficacy, social support and fear of disease progression on the health-related quality of life of patients with cancer in China: a structural equation model

Table 5 Factor effect breakdown of health-related quality of life

Relationship between variables^a	Direct Effects	Indirect Effects^b	Total Effects
H1: HL → SS	0.360	0.000	0.360
H2: HL → SE	0.359	0.057	0.416
H3: HL → HRQoL	0.208	0.191	0.398
H4: SS → SE	0.159	0.000	0.159
H5: SS → HRQoL	0.128	0.055	0.184
H6: SE → FOP	-0.440	0.000	-0.440
H7: SE → HRQoL	0.187	0.166	0.347
H8: FOP → HRQoL	-0.364	0.000	-0.364

^aHL Health literacy, SS Social support, SE Self-efficacy, HRQoL Health-related quality of life, FOP Fear of disease progression
^bHL-SS-SE HL-SS-HRQoL, HL-SE- HRQoL, HL-SE-FOP- HRQoL, SS-SE-FOP-HRQoL SE-FOP-HRQoL

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